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An analysis of the labour market response to the pandemic reveals employment shifts between economic sectors read more

New Autumn Forecast: Eastern Europe to grow by 5.4% this year read more

Efforts to form a new government in Bulgaria failed. Whether a snap election in November will resolve the political stalemate remains unclear. read more

Europe must learn the lessons of the 2015 refugee crisis. Aid on the ground, a crisis response capacity and migration partnerships should form a new policy. read more

The Iranian economy has been crippled by U.S. sanctions and decades-long mismanagement under five presidents since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. read more

Are you interested to learn how public-private partnerships work in theory and practice? read more

In the EU, fiscal and monetary policies should remain expansionary to ensure a sustainable recovery of labour markets. read more

One third of Austria's and the EU's non-European imports are vulnerable to shocks. Especially for high-tech and medical goods Europe is dependent on ‘Factory Asia’, in particular China. read more

Are you interested in the role of FDI in East European transition economies? read more

Although the recession in 2020 was much deeper than that of the global financial crisis, foreign trade performance was substantially better read more